Sage

Yay for saving the culture from weak-minderd hyper-reactive nitwits!

However, I think that you need to think up something more constructive than pussy to insult someone... like weak-minded hyper reactive nitwit! Point for Hal!

Anyway, you know what? If you suck at school, you need to have some constructive criticisim towards what you did wrong. I agree with the satement that said "if PIECE OF SHIT was written in green, I'd be upset" I do think that the color red causes a reaction in some people when they see it, so if you were going to be progressive in your teaching methods (and I'm all for progressing away from this NCLB crap) then grading in another color (I like the purple) might be a good idea. However, I think that grades on the top of the paper should be in red! That's your grade, it's what you earned, if it's good you should see it and react strongly to it, and if it's really bad, then you should be jarred into wanting to do better.

I'm all for the abandoning of this "oh, let's not hurt poor Johnnie's feelings cause he can't read" in favor for "OK, Jonnie, you're going to have to go to this different classroom because our previous methods of teaching you how to read were inadequate." I was always getting into trouble in class when I was young because the class progressed at the pace of the slowest kid, and I got bored really, really fast. I think that might have to do with some of the ADD that gets thrown around nowadays.

Down with the ineffectual bourgeoise public school system! Who gives a damn about the pen color when kids can't read!!

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